Xubuntu 16.10 Issue Detected
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@scottalanmiller Any help for the installation of the Driver in my machine with xUbuntu
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@scottalanmiller Whether pkgs.org will help to update the drivers ??
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Just build a custom kernel?
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@Lakshmana said in Xubuntu 16.10 Issue Detected:
@scottalanmiller Any help for the installation of the Driver in my machine with xUbuntu
If it doesn't work out of the box, I'd move on to a different OS. Try Fedora 24, OpenSuse Tumbeweed, etc. They don't all work in the same places. Your laptop maker likely doesn't test any. Trying to find drivers for your system is not really something that you do in the Linux desktop world. You have an unsupported OS in this instance.
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@thwr said in Xubuntu 16.10 Issue Detected:
Just build a custom kernel?
This is expert level stuff. I don't think this is a path for him to be attempting.
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@scottalanmiller said in Xubuntu 16.10 Issue Detected:
@thwr said in Xubuntu 16.10 Issue Detected:
Just build a custom kernel?
This is expert level stuff. I don't think this is a path for him to be attempting.
Let's say "intermediate". But yes, moving on to a different distro is probably his best bet.
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@scottalanmiller said in Xubuntu 16.10 Issue Detected:
@Lakshmana said in Xubuntu 16.10 Issue Detected:
@scottalanmiller Any help for the installation of the Driver in my machine with xUbuntu
If it doesn't work out of the box, I'd move on to a different OS. Try Fedora 24, OpenSuse Tumbeweed, etc. They don't all work in the same places. Your laptop maker likely doesn't test any. Trying to find drivers for your system is not really something that you do in the Linux desktop world. You have an unsupported OS in this instance.
Why don't you recommend Mint? It's pretty good and a solid choice. I thought you are using it too?
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@thwr said in Xubuntu 16.10 Issue Detected:
@scottalanmiller said in Xubuntu 16.10 Issue Detected:
@Lakshmana said in Xubuntu 16.10 Issue Detected:
@scottalanmiller Any help for the installation of the Driver in my machine with xUbuntu
If it doesn't work out of the box, I'd move on to a different OS. Try Fedora 24, OpenSuse Tumbeweed, etc. They don't all work in the same places. Your laptop maker likely doesn't test any. Trying to find drivers for your system is not really something that you do in the Linux desktop world. You have an unsupported OS in this instance.
Why don't you recommend Mint? It's pretty good and a solid choice. I thought you are using it too?
Worth trying, it's Ubuntu under the hood so likely going to have the same driver issues. But maybe not.
I had to abandon Mint for the same reasons - drivers. Ubuntu works flawlessly on my laptop, Mint won't even load.
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@scottalanmiller I have connected my Cell Phone source for Internet by tethering with USB.Can anyone help me now to install the Wifi Drivers to be installed in the machine to check further
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@Lakshmana said in Xubuntu 16.10 Issue Detected:
@scottalanmiller I have connected my Cell Phone source for Internet by tethering with USB.Can anyone help me now to install the Wifi Drivers to be installed in the machine to check further
What wifi hardware is it?
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@scottalanmiller I have used the below commands to check
root@siva-SVF15212SNW:/etc/apt# cd
root@siva-SVF15212SNW:~# iwconfig
enp14s0 no wireless extensions.enp0s20u4 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
root@siva-SVF15212SNW:~# ifconfig
enp0s20u4: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.42.197 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.42.255
inet6 fe80::97c9:53e1:4d7b:d4be prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 16:ef:c2:0f:8d:a3 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 1394749 bytes 1975452703 (1.9 GB)
RX errors 32 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 32
TX packets 757997 bytes 107951101 (107.9 MB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0enp14s0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 3c:07:71:5d:90:9f txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 1 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 1234826 bytes 671445144 (671.4 MB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 1234826 bytes 671445144 (671.4 MB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 -
@Lakshmana root@siva-SVF15212SNW:~# lshw -C network
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: BCM43142 802.11b/g/n
vendor: Broadcom Limited
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:90700000-90707fff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0e:00.0
logical name: enp14s0
version: 0c
serial: 3c:07:71:5d:90:9f
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl8168g-2_0.0.1 02/06/13 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:27 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:90500000-90500fff memory:90400000-90403fff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: enp0s20u4
serial: 16:ef:c2:0f:8d:a3
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rndis_host driverversion=22-Aug-2005 firmware=RNDIS device ip=192.168.42.197 link=yes multicast=yes
root@siva-SVF15212SNW:~# -
@Lakshmana root@siva-SVF15212SNW:~# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM76 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
07:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Limited BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)
08:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
0e:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 0c)
root@siva-SVF15212SNW:~# -
A quick Google search for "BCM43142 Ubuntu" suggests that the wifi controller is using a closed source firmware. What needs to be done now is to identify which firmware you need and how you can install it.
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According to linuxwireless.com: You'll need the b43 driver, not the b43legacy (which is for BCM 802.11b chipsets only). There's another driver called brcmfmac, which is for Broadcom USB devices only.
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Run this command while the machine is somehow connected to the internet:
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installerHere's a Ubuntu specific wiki with more information:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xxThere are additional instructions on how to perform the installation in case you don't have direct internet access on the very same page:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx#STA_-_No_Internet_access -
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@thwr Thanks a lot for the reply.I will try the same and update soon
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Any updates regarding your problem?
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@thwr I got frustated because the same dependency error comes repeatedly with different names in the command prompt for the Wifi Driver itself
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@Lakshmana said in Xubuntu 16.10 Issue Detected:
@thwr I got frustated because the same dependency error comes repeatedly with different names in the command prompt for the Wifi Driver itself
Did you fix your other problem before? You need to solve that, because that's causing the failure (and every other error in the future)
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@thwr said in Xubuntu 16.10 Issue Detected:
@scottalanmiller said in Xubuntu 16.10 Issue Detected:
@thwr said in Xubuntu 16.10 Issue Detected:
Just build a custom kernel?
This is expert level stuff. I don't think this is a path for him to be attempting.
Let's say "intermediate". But yes, moving on to a different distro is probably his best bet.
If it doesn't work on Ubuntu, I'd imagine it won't work on anything else. They usually have the best hardware support.
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@stacksofplates said in Xubuntu 16.10 Issue Detected:
@thwr said in Xubuntu 16.10 Issue Detected:
@scottalanmiller said in Xubuntu 16.10 Issue Detected:
@thwr said in Xubuntu 16.10 Issue Detected:
Just build a custom kernel?
This is expert level stuff. I don't think this is a path for him to be attempting.
Let's say "intermediate". But yes, moving on to a different distro is probably his best bet.
If it doesn't work on Ubuntu, I'd imagine it won't work on anything else. They usually have the best hardware support.
I agree, but in this case it's just a missing wifi firmware which you need to install manually. I bet he can get his wifi working.
The whole problem at this point is that he messed up his system with some ugly vendor provided package. That's why he can't install anything else.
